DRS 37 + DVT on the ECML

[Yew]

Hey all, I have just been sitting at tuxford and I have seen a DRS 37 and what I assume to be a Mk3 DVT in a blue livery (like metallic blue-silver). Any ideas what it was doing?

 

[David10]

Greater Anglia DVT going to / from overhaul at Wabtec, Doncaster.

 

[desmo]

Saw the same/similar thru Barkston 14/06 about 4ish heading south. 37 was 419

 

[Yew]

Thanks. It confused me for a second, I was thinking 'is that a broken hst power car' then I realised it was a DVT and thought 'maybe they are using a dvt to replace the broken power car on a hst set. Despite there not being a broken power car anywhere .

It's nice to see that some money is being spent by GA then

 

[David10]

It's nice to see that some money is being spent by GA then.

Don't get too excited, just the classified overhauls these receive every few years funded by Porterbrook.

 

[Yew]

37419 has just returned southbound light loco

 

[ainsworth74]

'maybe they are using a dvt to replace the broken power car on a hst set.

That would, I think, be a fairly pointless exercise as I don't think a Mk4 DVT could talk to a HST power car.